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Photo: Luke Dyson The global phenomenon Mundo Pixar Experience has officially opened in London today, bringing the largest immersive Pixar exhibition on Earth to the UK for the very first time. Now open in a spectacular purpose-built venue in   Wembley Park, this landmark attraction invites families, film fans and Pixar lovers of all ages to step inside the movies that have shaped generations. The exhibition spans more than 3,500 square metres, and features 14 Pixar universes, including over 25 sculptures, inviting guests to explore meticulously recreated environments from Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Finding Nemo, Inside Out, Coco, Up, and many more fan favourites. Each space combines detailed set design, ambient music, and specially crafted scents to immerse visitors in Pixar’s most beloved stories. Photo: Luke Dyson Visitors can shrink down to toy size in Andy’s Room from Toy Story, explore the Scare Floor at Monsters, Inc. with Mike and Sulley, race into Flo’s Café from Cars to meet Lightning McQueen, or soar through the skies with Carl Fredricksen from Up. They can also visit the Headquarters of Riley’s emotions from Inside Out 2, and journey from Coco's Land of the Living to the Land of the Dead. The London exhibition also introduces a never-before-seen environment: Sunnyside Daycare from Toy Story 3, featuring beloved characters such as Jessie, Lotso, and the Aliens. The experience will also showcase additional characters appearing for the first time, including Dory from “Finding Nemo” and Tow Mater from Cars. Mundo Pixar Experience runs from now until June and is open every day except Tuesdays. Daily time slots begin at either 9am or 10am (depending on the date) and run until 7pm. During UK school holidays, the exhibition is open daily, including Tuesdays. Photo: Luke Dyson Beyond the immersive sets, guests can take part in a special Pixar Ball Treasure Hunt, searching for the famous yellow ball with a red star hidden throughout the exhibition — a playful nod to the beloved Easter egg that appears in many Pixar films. Mundo Pixar Experience is accessible for visitors with motor, hearing, visual, and neurodivergent disabilities, ensuring that everyone can share in the creativity and joy of Pixar’s storytelling. This trailblazing exhibition is a heartfelt journey through 40 years of imagination, emotion, and innovation - celebrating the timeless stories that continue to inspire children, families, and fans around the world. The exhibition is curated by Pixar Animation Studios, produced by Golden Peak in collaboration with Proactiv Entertainment promoted by RG Live, Senbla, and Luna. Photo: Luke Dyson Photo: Luke Dyson Photo: Luke Dyson Photo: Luke Dyson Photo: Luke Dyson Photos: Luke Dyson Mundo Pixar Experience runs on Fulton Way in Wembley Park until 28th June 2026. Tickets are priced from £24.00 for Adults and £18.00 for Children. To learn more and book tickets, visit mundopixar.com

Photo: Luke Dyson With over 3.5 million visitors having already attended in Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Belgium, Mundo Pixar has now arrived in the UK. Set within a custom-built venue a stone's throw from Wembley Stadium, this self-guided walkthrough exhibition contains 13 immersive sets depicting scenes from classic Pixar movies and includes over 25 life-sized sculptures, with fan favourites like Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Dory, and Nemo all featured. With attendance figures in the millions and a line-up of beloved characters, expectations for Mundo Pixar are understandably high, and it's easy to see why Disney fans would be eager to attend, drawn in by the opportunity to step inside the worlds of their favourite films. At its core, Mundo Pixar is a visually immersive, photo-friendly experience, which prioritises impressive sets and striking design over the type of interactive engagement that London audiences have grown accustomed to thanks to the success of shows like The Paddington Bear Experience. Whether or not this is a problem will, of course, depend on your age and expectations going in. For little ones, it's going to be a fun-filled hour of exploring scenes from some of their favourite films and getting some cool photos, but for the parents footing the bill, it might leave them wanting a little more. If you're aware going in that Mundo Pixar is a Madame Tussauds-style experience and are happy to go without the level of insight and archival detail present in the likes of Disney100 , you'll likely walk away with your expectations met. Photo: Luke Dyson The exhibition boasts a pretty formidable line-up of spaces, covering everything from Toy Story and Monsters Inc. to Coco, Inside Out, Ratatouille, and Finding Nemo. Within each of them, there are a couple of meticulously made sculptures of the film's standout characters, supported by 360-degree sets, background music and, in some cases, scents. Although every corner of each room could feasibly work as a photo op, there are marked-out spots on the floor that highlight the best places to stand for photos, and throughout the exhibition, there's over a dozen hidden Pixar balls waiting to be spotted as guests move from room to room, which adds a light scavenger-hunt element. The exhibition's standout spaces are without a doubt the two Toy Story-themed rooms, which recreate Andy's bedroom from the original film, and the Sunnyside Daycare from Toy Story 3, which has been created specifically for the London run. Photo: Luke Dyson Guests explore these rooms from the perspective of toys, with everything around them, from personal items and furniture, all scaled up to be truly larger than life. The change in scale is cleverly handled, creating playful optical illusions that produce some of the exhibition’s strongest photo moments. The collection of sculptures on offer in this room - made up of Woody, Buzz and Jessie - is equally strong, with all three being amongst Pixar's best-loved characters. Lots-o' is also there, but he rightfully isn’t as well loved, as he was kind of mean… Elsewhere in the exhibition, some spaces haven't received quite the same level of love and attention. A subway car inspired by 2023's Elemental, which features Wade and Ember, is by far the smallest of the lot and is pretty rough around the edges, with low-resolution, pixelated vistas visible through the subway car's windows. Similarly, the area dedicated to 2021's Luca relies heavily on printed backdrops to suggest Portorosso’s shopfronts, with balconies and windows rendered in two dimensions, which is a far cry from the level of detail present in the exhibition's biggest spaces. Photo: Luke Dyson Alongside omitting several of Pixar’s best-loved films, including The Incredibles and WALL-E, the exhibition also excludes many characters from the properties it does feature, boiling each film’s cast down to just a few essential characters. Andy’s bedroom only features Woody and Buzz; the Scare Floor is completely absent of Boo or any monsters besides Mike and Sully, and the exhibition's final space, depicting Finding Nemo, is missing everyone but Dory and Nemo. Weirdest of all, Remy is completely absent from the Ratatouille room and is only visible as a silhouette inside a huge chef's hat. It’d be unrealistic to expect every character from every film to be present throughout Mundo Pixar, but to have comparatively few characters on display feels like a missed opportunity, especially given the size of the exhibition and the number of people vying for photos in each room. In terms of interactivity, Mundo Pixar provides a light amount of engagement beyond taking photos, with several items reacting to visitors throughout the experience, including the Scream Canisters and Closet Doors from Monsters Inc. and foot-operated pedals inside Carl's floating house that play a tune. Clearer signposting around what can and can't be interacted with could help ensure these moments are more widely discovered, as they add some welcome moments of connection, but the staff on hand within each room are more than happy to point the most curious guests in the right direction if needed. To get the most out of Mundo Pixar, we'd suggest hanging back once your group are let loose to explore, and taking your time in each room - you'll be able to appreciate the smaller details far more, and likely get better photos too. Photo: Luke Dyson While it's far less hands-on than the likes of The Paddington Bear Experience and last year's Jurassic World Experience, Mundo Pixar is likely going to be a hit with Disney fans of all ages, if only for the nostalgia and Instagrammable nature of the exhibition. Despite its shortcomings, it’s hard to deny that there’s something pretty magical about stepping into recreations of Andy's bedroom or the Scare Floor and coming face-to-face with life-sized versions of the beloved characters you’ve grown up with, even if the experience has been designed first and foremost as a collection of photo opportunities and not as a fully-fledged immersive experience. ★★★ Mundo Pixar Experience (London) runs on Fulton Way in Wembley Park until 28th June 2026. Tickets are priced from £24.00 for Adults and £18.00 for Children. To learn more and book tickets, visit mundopixar.com For more reviews of immersive and interactive experiences, check out our recent Reviews .

From races across the city against the clock and open-world towns obsessed with platypuses to expeditions into the darkest depths of Peru, here are our recommendations for the best family-friendly immersive experiences in London this half term... London has never been short on family-friendly activities. From world-class museums and zoos to West End shows and tourist attractions that cater to all ages, there are hundreds of options for a day out with the family across the city. Amongst them are a handful of standout immersive and interactive experiences that allow families to either become part of the story or get involved to a degree not possible elsewhere. Below are our recommendations for the top immersive experiences running in London this half term that will both engage and entertain the whole family... The Paddington Bear Experience Photo: Alex Brenner An immersive walk-through show spread out over 26,000 sq ft in the heart of Central London, The Paddington Bear Experience invites guests to step inside the world of Michael Bond's classic stories for the first time as preparations for the Marmalade Day celebrations are underway at Windsor Gardens. Guests will get hands-on with a series of tasks throughout the experience as they meet a cast of characters from the much-loved book series, including Mrs. Brown. There's a lovingly recreated version of the Brown's family home, complete with the blossom tree mural at the foot of their staircase, and an excursion to Peru where you help create Marmalade, amongst other interactive moments. Photo opportunities with Paddington are available at the conclusion of the experience, as well as a chance to buy your own Marmalade sandwiches. The show is directed by Tom Maller, whose previous work includes some of London's biggest immersive shows of recent years (Peaky Blinders: The Rise, Doctor Who: Time Fracture, Secret Cinema's Blade Runner, Romeo + Juliet, and Casino Royale). Photos: Alex Brenner Help Paddington and the Brown Family prepare for a very special occasion: the Marmalade Day Festival. Just like Paddington, you’ll begin your adventure in the hustle and bustle of Paddington Station, where you’ll meet the friendly Station Master and hop aboard our full-sized train carriage – make sure you aren’t late! Journey through the sights and sounds of London, all the way to the Brown’s house at No. 32 Windsor Gardens. Step inside the Brown’s famous tree-adorned hallway and explore multiple rooms in their home, then venture beyond as you’re transported to the magical jungle of Peru – all to help Paddington prepare for the biggest party Windsor Gardens has ever seen! Finish by celebeating the Marmalade Day Festival at Windsor Gardens with Paddington and his friends where you’ll dance to vibrant calypso music, play fairground games and eat & drink festival treats – most importantly, you can try Paddington’s favourite Marmalade sandwich! 📍 Waterloo 💰 From £96.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via paddingtonbearexperience.com Phantom Peak - The Great Undoing Photo: Alistair Veryard Regular readers of Immersive Rumours will know how much we love Phantom Peak, with the show having earned a string of 5-star reviews for previous seasons. Combining elements of escape rooms and immersive theatre, the show is a one-of-a-kind open-world experience that feels a lot like stepping into a real-life video game. Each new season of the show has 10+ story trails to work through, with each one taking anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes to complete. As part of each trail, guests interact with both the town's many residents and numerous pieces of interactive tech scattered across the town to try and get to the bottom of what's going on. Previous seasons have had trails that parodied everything from Scooby-Doo to The Muppets and Furbies, and with The Great Undoing, the show's long-running storyline reaches a climax ahead of the show's upcoming move to Westfield Stratford City. On top of the main story trails, there's plenty of other things going on to occupy your time, including Platyhooks (hook a duck but with platypuses), numerous carnival games, a puzzle hunt and the Miramaze, which is complete with a bungee cord assault course and ballpit. Every session of Phantom Peak is open to all ages, and the show's cast is great at interacting with younger guests. It's an ideal real-world substitute for a day of playing video games at home. and is the  standout experience in London's immersive theatre scene. Photos: Alistair Veryard Phantom Peak is a fully immersive, open world experience - a living, breathing town where mystery lurks around every corner. Think of it as part escape room, part immersive theatre, part real-life videogame. You’ll meet mysterious strangers, uncover secret plots of rebellion, and find out what exactly happened to the old Mayor (coincidental accident, or cold-blimped murder?!) During your visit to the town, you'll meet the inhabitants of Phantom Peak; some diehard loyalists to JONACO, some less enthusiastically so. Such is the price of PROGRESS! Through interacting with them, you'll discover hidden secrets and clues that will help you to navigate the world!​​ Full of secretive quests and quirky characters, you experience the world through a custom-made made web-app (no downloads necessary!) that guides your adventure through man-made canals and a vast, split-level old town. 📍 Canada Water 💰 From £144.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via phantompeak.com Race Across The World: The Experience Image: Race Across The World - The Experience Race Across The World: The Experience, based on the hit BBC series, is the latest city-wide treasure hunt experiences from CityDays . While the TV series they're based on have competitors racing for 50-plus days across multiple countries with little more than a map, a GPS tracker, and several thousand pounds to pay for travel, lodging, and food, the two London-based races run anywhere from 2 to 4 hours and sees those taking part cover roughly 5km on foot through either the City of London, or the West End. Staples of the BBC series - including budget management and navigating without a map - have been carried over and make up the core experience, which feels like the closest adaptation of the TV series possible without requiring a passport or more than an afternoon of your time. The fast-paced format and sense of discovery built into Race Across The World: The Experience keeps kids engaged throughout, and the focus placed on looking at the city in a different way means they're interacting with the streets and sights of London with a (hopefully) more considered view. Small details that you'd otherwise walk past without giving a second thought need to be studied, quiet backstreets and passageways that you never knew existed need to be explored, and with the clock ticking the entire time, there's a real sense of urgency throughout. Photo: Race Across The World: The Experience This high-stakes experience will offer players the chance to live out their Race Across the World dreams by navigating the streets of London, working as a team, outwitting their competitors, and unlocking hidden secrets of the city in an unforgettable race to the finish line! Just like in the show, Race Across The World: The Experience requires strategy, teamwork, and quick thinking, as players will be given a budget to manage as they race through the city. This budget can be spent on valuable clues to help navigate the next leg of the journey, giving players the freedom to decide how daring they want to be.  It's a high-stakes race against the clock, where every decision counts and influences the race, but beware, each clue comes at a cost. 📍 Liverpool Street 💰 From £130.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via feverup.com Mundo Pixar Experience Photo: Mundo Pixar Experience Following apperances in Brazil, Mexico, Belgium and Spain, where it's welcomed over 3.2 million visitors, Mundo Pixar Experience arrives in the UK for the very first time. In this multi-sensory exhibition, fans of all ages have the chance to enter the universes of Pixar’s most iconic films. Visitors can shrink down to toy size in Andy’s Room from Toy Story , explore the Scare Floor from Monsters, Inc . with Mike and Sulley, race into Flo’s Café from Cars  to meet Lightning McQueen, or soar through the skies with Carl Fredricksen from Up . They can also visit the Headquarters of Riley’s emotions from Inside Out 2 , and journey from Coco 's Land of the Living to the Land of the Dead. Beyond the immersive sets, guests can take part in a special Pixar Ball Treasure Hunt, searching for the famous yellow ball with a red star hidden throughout the exhibition - a playful nod to the beloved Easter egg that appears in many Pixar films. Photos: Mundo Pixar Experience Step into the vibrant world of Pixar like never before. Mundo Pixar Experience is a multi-sensory exhibition which offers fans of all ages a chance to enter the universes of Pixar’s most iconic films. Set in a purpose-built venue in Wembley Park, the exhibition will span more than 3,500 square metres, and will feature 14 Pixar universes, including over 25 sculptures, inviting guests to explore meticulously recreated environments from Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Finding Nemo, Inside Out, Coco, Up, and many more fan favourites. Each space combines detailed set design, ambient music, and specially crafted scents to immerse visitors in Pixar’s most beloved stories. 📍 Wembley Park 💰 From £117.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via mundopixar.com Paradox Museum Photo: Paradox Museum Located just over the road from Harrods in Knightsbridge, Paradox Museum London invites families into a surreal playground of optical illusions and interactive rooms built to test their perceptions and spark creativity. With over 50 installations on offer, which have all been designed to blend science with imagination, it’s a tactile and highly-Instagrammable experience that's suitable for all ages and sure to delight kids. Some of the museum's most popular exhibits include Zero Gravity, which gives the illusion of floating in space, the Paradox Sofa, where guests legs and torso appear to be split in two, the Camouflage Room, and an upside-down version of a London Underground platform, in which it looks like guests are hanging from platform signs. Additionally, there's also a new Passport Safari Game, offering kids the chance to take part in a hands-on, scavenger-style adventure. Young explorers can follow the clues, complete the stamps, and solve playful puzzles as they navigate the museum’s most mind-bending rooms. The game will be available as an optional add-on for all visits throughout the summer. Photos: Paradox Museum The Paradox Museum is an innovative venue that combines the world of science, art and human perception. With over 50 amazing, paradox-inspired exhibits, Paradox Museum offers more mind-twisting, eye-tricking experiences than any other edutainment destination in the world! On this self-guided experience, you will learn everything about the exciting science behind paradoxes, have a ton of fun and take photos so spectacular that your friends will not believe they’re real. 📍 Knightsbridge 💰 From £86.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via feverup.com Bubble Planet Photo: Bubble Planet Enjoyed by over four million visitors worldwide, Bubble Planet was designed to awaken curiosity and reconnect audiences with a sense of childlike wonder, and unfolds across a series of visually striking, multi-sensory environments. The experience features ten themed rooms, which guide guests through surreal landscapes that blur the boundaries between dream and reality, including the Bubble Ocean - a vast expanse of bubbles designed to evoke calm and serenity - and the Infinity Room, where mirrors and shifting lights create the illusion of endless space. Lasting anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes, it's a fun-filled experience that's also incredibly Instagrammable. If you're looking to make the most of a trip to Wembley Park, Mundo Pixar Experience is next door, but if you're happy to travel across town you can also book a ' VIP Happiness Package ' and secure tickets for both Bubble Planet and the VR-based Seven Wonders of the World in Shoreditch in one transaction with a 20% discount. Photos: Bubble Planet In this multi-sensory experience, visitors will travel through fantastical landscapes and into imaginary metaverses filled with unique optical illusions and photo opportunities. Upon entering this otherworldly planet, guests will be able to leave real-life at the door and embark on a journey that inspires them to reconnect with their emotions and bodily sensations, making astonishing discoveries along the way. The combination of colours, lasers, lights and bubbles, together with 360-degree projection technology and a unique virtual reality experience invites guests of all ages into a dream-like, escapist experience in the midst of the busy city. 📍 Wembley Park 💰 From £112.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via feverup.com Banksy Limitless Photo: Banksy Limitless Banksy Limitless offering long-term enthusiasts, collectors, art fans, and the curious alike the chance to experience the provocative and thought-provoking world of the British artist in a unique and immersive environment. More than an exhibition, Banksy Limitless is a cultural encounter where the raw power of street art meets the prestige of a gallery setting.  The exhibiton includes installations from Banksy's iconic 2015 Weston-Super-Mare 'Dismaland' pop-up bemusement park like Cinderella's Carriage, large scale sculptures, certified prints of significant work including Flower Thrower and Kissing Coppers, original pieces from the Walled Off Hotel project in Bethlehem, as well as specially created works such as Prankadilly Circus, and an immersive holographic installation exclusive to the London edition. As well as being one of the largest single collections of original Banksy work ever assembled in one place, the exhibition highlights some of the technical aspects of his creative process, including meticulously reproduced pieces using his signature stencil technique. A mural installation, crafted by a renowned creative team, authentically brings the essence of street art into an indoor setting. Banksy’s work often relies on the impact of a specific site, and great efforts have been made to reproduce this feeling in a gallery environment. Both a trailblazer and innovator in the art world, admired by fans across the globe and celebrated for his unique vision, Banksy has become a cultural icon whose works reflect the moral and social dilemmas of today’s world. Banksy Limitless brings this vision to life, offering visitors an unprecedented opportunity to step inside the world of the elusive artist, experiencing the scale, context, and impact of his creations in a way that echoes his street roots. 📍 Knightsbridge 💰 From £75.32 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via feverup.com The Last Days of Pompeii: The Immersive Exhibition Photo: The Last Days of Pompeii Following huge success globally, The Last Days of Pompeii's run at Immerse LDN continues until 15th March. The exhibition take visitors on an unprecedented journey through ancient Pompeii, using a striking combination of cutting-edge technology and rich, historical narratives. Alongside two VR experiences, the exhibitions centrepiece is one of Europe’s largest immersive projection halls. Towering eight metres high, the installation surrounds audiences with the sights and sounds of Pompeii, and depicts the bustling daily life of the city with its crowded streets, vibrant markets and monumental temples; which soon makes way for the looming threat of Vesuvius as the landscape darkens. These immersive projections place visitors at the very heart of Pompeii, allowing them to experience the beauty of the city and the suddenness of its destruction. Lasting over 90 minutes, The Last Days of Pompeii: The Immersive Exhibition delves into Pompeii’s rich history and features a wealth of educational and informative displays, casts, original artefacts and replicas, and has been designed with children, families, schools and history enthusiasts in mind. Photos: The Last Days of Pompeii Spanning 3,000 square metres and over 10 different galleries and installations, The Last Days of Pompeii: The Immersive Exhibition is the largest of its kind and invites visitors to immerse themselves in the heart of the Roman City as they witness one of history’s most dramatic events – the sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius – and discover the culture and fascinating stories of those who lived there in 79 AD.  📍 Immerse LDN 💰 From £125.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via feverup.com For more on London's best immersive shows (both family-friendly and not), check out our Current/Upcoming Listings  page.

This interactive experience, based on the multi-billion-dollar franchise, lets visitors get up close and personal with over a dozen dinosaurs from the Mesozoic Era. Photo: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Inc After a successful run at ExCel London in 2022, Jurassic World: The Experience returns to the capital in an updated form within NEON at Battersea Power Station. This walkthrough experience, which lasts between 45 and 55 minutes, is packed full of outstanding animatronics, offers endless photo opportunities, and lets visitors get up close and personal with a number of dinosaurs from across the Jurassic World series, including Blue (Jurassic World) and Bumpy (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous). As someone who grew up visiting the Natural History Museum and marvelling at its T-Rex animatronic, which was also likely the first encounter with the size and ferocity of dinosaurs for countless children in the 1990s and 2000s, it's fair to say that the dinosaur-loving kids of today don't know how good they've got it... Photo: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Inc The experience begins with a journey on the ferry to Isla Nublar, which features a slickly produced introductory video as in-ferry entertainment. The video explains that upon docking, guests will be welcomed into the world-class tourist destination as VIP guests and have been granted exclusive access to see parts of the park not usually open to the general public, including the Genetic Creation Lab and Raptor Training Facilities. There's a notable lack of familiar faces from the film series in this introductory video, which would have helped solidify the link between the experience and the multi-billion-dollar franchise, but in all honesty, no one is attending Jurassic World: The Experience to see a pre-recorded video of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard - they're here to see dinosaurs. Photo: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Inc After disembarking, visitors enter through the Jurassic World gates and find themselves immediately face-to-face with a number of the show's animatronic dinosaurs, including a family of Pachyrhinosaurus and a two-storey tall Brachiosaurus, whose head and neck sways back and forth above the foliage. The attention to detail in these animatronics, and all of the ones that follow, is truly impressive and stands alongside, if not exceeds, the quality you'd expect from any of the Universal theme parks' Jurassic-based offerings. While these dinosaurs are great to admire from afar, there are more up-close and personal interactions to be had with several baby dinosaurs, which are cradled in the arms of Park Rangers throughout the venue. With the dinosaurs on show rotating frequently, there's nearly always a baby pterodactyl or velociraptor on hand for photos and pets. With blinking eyes and heads that move in response to human touch, these puppets are full of life and deliver on the promise of the show being an interactive Jurassic World experience. For the children visiting, it's an instant draw, with groups of people quickly forming around them, but ample time and attention are given to every group that wishes to pet them, so there's no missing out. Photo: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Inc The first half of Jurassic World: The Experience, in which guests spend time around the herbivores, is completely free-roam and allows groups to explore at their own pace. Beside every large-scale animatronic, there are staff members dressed in Jurassic World Park Ranger uniforms, who are all incredibly friendly and happy to chat about the dinosaurs on show and take photos on your behalf without any upsell. Further into the experience, there's both a Parasaurolophus hiding amongst the trees looking for its offspring and a massive Ankylosaurus with its club-like tail standing behind a fence. Opposite, a Gyrosphere, which featured prominently in the films, offers a photo opportunity for guests, and more Park Rangers are on hand to tell visitors about the dinosaurs. Photo: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Inc Guests then enter the Genetic Creation Lab, which rounds off the herbivore portion of guests' Jurassic World experience. Featuring a trio of baby Parasaurolophus inside an incubator, numerous fossilised mosquitoes on display and an opportunity to compare dinosaur droppings from both herbivores and carnivores through gloves, there are plenty of things to discuss with the white lab coat-wearing staff members, who roam the space alongside guests. The baby dinosaur interactions also keep on coming within the Creation Lab, with a female Stygimoloch, complete with reinforced skull, offered up for the admiration and affection of visitors. Moving upstairs in NEON, guests enter the carnivore area of Jurassic World as groups and proceed through a series of spaces together, guided by Park Rangers. In the first space, a small waiting area, there's a five-foot-long Tyrannosaurus Rex skull and a chance for younger guests to try their hand at palaeontology by uncovering bones from within a sandpit. Photo: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Inc The real start of this section, and perhaps the entire experience, however, is Bumpy. Within the Jurassic World universe, they're the main dinosaur protagonist of Camp Cretaceous - the animated Netflix series set on Isla Nublar, which takes place in the same time period as 2015's Jurassic World film. Within Jurassic World: The Experience, they're presented as another baby dinosaur puppet that guests can meet one-on-one to pet. To describe Bumpy as cute is an understatement, and the reactions of our group confirmed that they immediately stole the hearts of everyone in the room. Moving into the final rooms of Jurassic World: The Experience, guests come face to face with Blue, the dinosaur protagonist of the recent Jurassic World trilogy, which is the only full-size dinosaur in the experience puppeted by a human performer. Their feeder explains that Blue is the alpha in their family, and we should maintain a distance for our own safety. Jurassic World: The Experience is one of the few attractions where guests actually expect things to go wrong, and true to form, the sirens soon alarm, and guests are told they must evacuate due to nearby dinosaurs having escaped. In the final room of the show, guests find themselves trapped between a life-sized Tyrannosaurus Rex, which stomps across the room and stops just feet away from guests behind a fence, and a Carnotaurus, which is equally massive and intimidating. Photo: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Inc As Park Rangers frantically try to unlock the gate that stands between the group and safety, both dinosaurs wreak havoc on the space by destroying lamp posts and engaging in an extended rally of roars as the sirens and flashing red warning lights continue to blare. While everyone attending Jurassic World: The Experience knows that at some point, they'll be faced with the film's scariest and most iconic dinosaurs, and it'd be a pretty terrible experience if the Jurassic World staff didn't put guests in a perilous situation, the intensity of this final sequence may well catch some families with young children off guard. For adults and big kids, however, it's a pulse-raising set piece that places guests in a situation on par with that of the films, and the production value more than justifies having the 'Jurassic World' name attached to the experience. With plenty of meticulously well-crafted animatronics, engaging interactions with both the Park Rangers and dinosaurs, and an action-filled finale, Jurassic World: The Experience is a great time for families and adults alike, even if it's a little short. The only way this experience could be better is if they dressed all the dinosaurs up in Christmas jumpers , but we'll keep going to South Kensington to see that instead... ★★★★ Jurassic World: The Experience runs at NEON at Battersea Power Station until 4th January 2026. Tickets are priced from £28.95 per person. For more info and to book tickets, visit feverup.com For more reviews of immersive experiences like Jurassic World: The Experience, check out our recent Reviews .

Photo: Outernet Following the success of the multi-sensory masterpiece The Summer Palace, acclaimed digital artist Agustín Vidal Saavedra returns to Outernet today with his most ambitious project to date: The Intelligence Garden. Through spectacular visuals on Outernet’s free, 4-storey high, 16k screen surface screens, The Intelligence Garden guides audiences on a journey from simple, early forms of intelligence to human consciousness, framing intelligence as an emergent property of complex systems. Agustín Vidal Saavedra is Creative Director at GLASSEYE, an award-winning creative technology studio based in Ireland, specialising in the production of immersive experiences at architectural scale. Working across large-format LED environments, XR and interactive media, the agency is known internationally for combining technical innovation with strong creative vision and narrative depth, creating experiences that are both memorable and meaningful. Agustín Vidal Saavedra, Creative Director at GLASSEYE, said: The way we think about intelligence is changing. The Intelligence Garden is not only a large-scale visual and technical work, but a reflection on how intelligence and artistic creation itself, is being rethought today. Photo: Outernet Using the metaphor of a garden - a site of growth, interconnection and transformation - the experience visualises the evolution of thought, perception and creativity. Moving fluidly from microscopic life to abstract human cognition, the work unfolds as a visually rich, living and evolving digital ecosystem. Commissioned by Outernet London - the most visited cultural attraction in the UK - The Intelligence Garden has been conceived specifically for The Now Building, a landmark 23,000- square-foot, four-storey, 360° LED environment with wrap-around walls and ceiling, rendered at ultra-high 16K resolution. Located in the heart of London’s West End, the building offers one of the most ambitious and technically advanced immersive canvases anywhere in the world. Photo: Outernet Produced using a hybrid creative pipeline that combines real-time, game-engine-based systems with cinematic animation and compositing techniques, The Intelligence Garden blends architectural-scale visuals, spatialised sound and responsive systems to create an experience that is at once technically mesmerising, emotionally resonant and conceptually rich. Agustín Vidal Saavedra’s previous work, the hugely popular The Summer Palace, was a beautiful combination of Renaissance paintings, animation, particle simulations and 3D visuals. The Intelligent Garden runs daily at The Now Building, Outernet, next to Tottenham Court Road station. Admission is free, and no booking is required. For more information, visit outernet.com

Image: Lightroom Lightroom have confirmed details of a groundbreaking show, David Bowie: You’re Not Alone, which will transport visitors into the iconic performances and creative mind and spirit of one of the world's most visionary and influential artists. Featuring the artist as its sole voice, David Bowie: You’re Not Alone is both a multimedia spectacle and an intimate and revealing self-portrait. The 360° experience, produced by Lightroom and designed by 59, a Journey studio, is written and directed by 59’s Mark Grimmer (Creative Director for the V&A’s 'David Bowie Is' exhibition) and Tom Wexler. You’re Not Alone will showcase some of Bowie’s landmark performances that redefined popular culture, using a mixture of iconic, rarely seen and never-before-exhibited material, selected from thousands of hours of film in the vaults of the David Bowie Archive in New York, from Space Oddity through Diamond Dogs and 'Heroes' to ★. Photo: Lightroom Audiences will have the chance to feel they have travelled through time to experience Bowie in performance - up close and first-hand. Each track in the show has been newly reconfigured to utilise Lightroom's specialised spatial audio system by multiple Olivier and Tony award-winning sound designer Gareth Fry (Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, David Bowie Is). Instead of magnifying the myth through the lens of his characters - Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke - You’re Not Alone places its focus on the man behind the masks: the provocateur, the polymath, the shapeshifting icon in his enduring, human form. The film is structured in thematic chapters in a looping presentation, giving a unique insight into Bowie's perspective on the subjects most important to him, including: theatricality, spirituality, songwriting and the transformative power of creativity. There are surreal moments, like the transatlantic TV interview with Russell Harty in 1975, in which Bowie artfully takes control of the narrative, and the interviewer was reduced to asking him questions about the colour of his hair. Elsewhere, the reconstructed set of the inimitable Diamond Dogs tour materialises before our very eyes, igniting a Bowie performance unlike any other captured on film. Photo: Lightroom Bringing together a wealth of visual material from a wide range of sources, the show combines rare performance footage, photography, drawings, lyrics, personal notes and audio recordings. David Bowie: You're Not Alone will celebrate Bowie's boundless curiosity as a force that connected people across continents and generations, as well as his enduring cultural impact today. The show builds on Lightroom’s growing repertoire of critically acclaimed shows that have now been seen by over 1.5 million visitors globally, including creative collaborations with David Hockney, Tom Hanks, Anna Wintour, Vogue and Apple TV. David Bowie: You're Not Alone is being made in close collaboration with and authorised by the David Bowie Estate. Photo: Lightroom Mark Grimmer, who also wrote and directed Lightroom’s David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller and further away) said: It says something about our relationship with artistic heroes that we're drawn to mystery, otherness, the alien... In Bowie's case, this is our construct, not his. Throughout his career, Bowie repeatedly resisted being figured as anything but human. Rather than undermining his mystique, we designed a show to celebrate Bowie as a champion of human creativity - focusing on the message he expressed time and again: that art, in all its forms, is our best hope for understanding what it means to be alive. David Sabel, Executive Producer at Lightroom said: Lightroom offers an incredible opportunity to step inside an artist’s imagination and creative universe – weaving film, photography, animation, text and music into a story that can only be experienced in this space. I cannot think of an artist more suited to this than David Bowie. To spend time in his world as it comes to life around you and to travel back and forth across the decades of astonishing performances, whether reliving them or experiencing them for the first time, is a total thrill. Working so closely with RZO and the David Bowie Archive has been a great privilege. David Bowie: You're Not Alone will run at Lightroom near King's Cross from 22nd April 2026. Tickets are priced from £25 for adults and £15 for students and concessions. For more information and to book tickets, visit lightroom.uk

From races across the city against the clock and open-world towns obsessed with platypuses to expeditions into the darkest depths of Peru, here are our recommendations for the best family-friendly immersive experiences in London this summer holiday... London has never been short on family-friendly activities. From world-class museums and zoos to West End shows and tourist attractions that cater to all ages, there are hundreds of options for a day out with the family across the city. Amongst them are a handful of standout immersive and interactive experiences that allow families to either become part of the story, or get involved to a degree not possible elsewhere. Below are our recommendations for the top five immersive experiences running in London this summer that will both engage and entertain the whole family... The Paddington Bear Experience Photo: Alex Brenner An immersive walk-through show spread out over 26,000 sq ft in the heart of Central London, The Paddington Bear Experience invites guests to step inside the world of Michael Bond's classic stories for the first time as preparations for the Marmalade Day celebrations are underway at Windsor Gardens. Guests will get hands-on with a series of tasks throughout the experience as they meet a cast of characters from the much-loved book series, including Mrs. Brown. There's a lovingly recreated version of the Brown's family home, complete with the blossom tree mural at the foot of their staircase, and an excursion to Peru where you help create Marmalade, amongst other interactive moments. Photo opportunities with Paddington are available at the conclusion of the experience, as well as a chance to buy your own Marmalade sandwiches. The show is directed by Tom Maller, whose previous work includes some of London's biggest immersive shows of recent years (Peaky Blinders: The Rise, Doctor Who: Time Fracture, Secret Cinema's Blade Runner, Romeo + Juliet, and Casino Royale). Photos: Alex Brenner Help Paddington and the Brown Family prepare for a very special occasion: the Marmalade Day Festival. Just like Paddington, you’ll begin your adventure in the hustle and bustle of Paddington Station, where you’ll meet the friendly Station Master and hop aboard our full-sized train carriage – make sure you aren’t late! Journey through the sights and sounds of London, all the way to the Brown’s house at No. 32 Windsor Gardens. Step inside the Brown’s famous tree-adorned hallway and explore multiple rooms in their home, then venture beyond as you’re transported to the magical jungle of Peru – all to help Paddington prepare for the biggest party Windsor Gardens has ever seen! Finish by celebeating the Marmalade Day Festival at Windsor Gardens with Paddington and his friends where you’ll dance to vibrant calypso music, play fairground games and eat & drink festival treats – most importantly, you can try Paddington’s favourite Marmalade sandwich! 📍 Waterloo 💰 From £116.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via paddingtonbearexperience.com Phantom Peak - The Burning Blimp Festival Photo: Alistair Veryard Regular readers of Immersive Rumours will know how much we love Phantom Peak. Combining elements of escape rooms and immersive theatre, the show is a one-of-a-kind open-world experience that feels a lot like stepping into a real-life video game. Each new season of the show has 10+ story trails to work through, with each one taking anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes to complete. As part of each trail, guests interact with both the town's many residents and numerous pieces of interactive tech scattered across the town to try and get to the bottom of what's going on. This season there's trails that parodying everything from Scooby-Doo to The Muppets and Furbies, on top of some huge developments in the show's overarching storyline, which focuses on a power struggle between the town's former Mayor and current leader, Jonas. On top of the main story trails, there's plenty of other things going on to occupy your time, including Platyhooks (hook a duck but with platypuses), numerous carnival games, a puzzle hunt and the Miramaze, which is complete with a bungee cord assault course and ballpit. Every session of Phantom Peak is open to all ages, and the show's cast is great at interacting with younger guests. It's an ideal real-world substitute for a day of playing video games at home. and is the standout experience in London's immersive theatre scene. Photos: Alistair Veryard Phantom Peak is a fully immersive, open world experience - a living, breathing town where mystery lurks around every corner. Think of it as part escape room, part immersive theatre, part real-life videogame. You’ll meet mysterious strangers, uncover secret plots of rebellion, and find out what exactly happened to the old Mayor (coincidental accident, or cold-blimped murder?!) During your visit to the town, you'll meet the inhabitants of Phantom Peak; some diehard loyalists to JONACO, some less enthusiastically so. Such is the price of PROGRESS! Through interacting with them, you'll discover hidden secrets and clues that will help you to navigate the world!​​ Full of secretive quests and quirky characters, you experience the world through a custom-made made web-app (no downloads necessary!) that guides your adventure through man-made canals and a vast, split-level old town. 📍 Canada Water 💰 From £115.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via phantompeak.com Jurassic World: The Experience Photo: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Returning to London after previously being at ExCel London in 2023, Jurassic World: The Experience gives visitors the chance to step into a recreation of the world-famous dinosaur park and come face to face with some of the franchises best-known creatures. Spread across two floors of NEON at Battersea Power Station, this walkthrough experience - which lasts between 45 and 55 minutes - is packed full of outstanding animatronics, offers endless photo opportunities, and lets visitors get up close and personal with a number of dinosaurs from across the Jurassic World series, including Blue (Jurassic World) and Bumpy (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous). Jurassic World: The Experience is one of the few attractions where guests actually expect things to go wrong, and true to form, the Park Rangers have a lot to worry about in the second half of the experience when some of the parks biggest carnivores, including the iconic Tyrannosaurus Rex, break free from their enclosures. Those with very young children might find these scenes are too intense for them, but for bigger kids and adults, it offers a thrilling encounter that feels like stepping directly into the movie, and is on par with the climactic moments of film's various theme park attractions in terms of spectacle and awe. Photos: Universal Studios/Amblin Entertainment Jurassic World: The Experience, which returns to London due to phenomenal demand, will be the first of many live entertainment experiences to be staged at the new attraction. Visitors will walk amongst pre-historic giants and get up close and personal with countless different species across two floors of curated Jurassic World immersive environments within this new venue. Fans of the franchise and audiences of all ages will be immersed in scenes inspired by the beloved films including walking beneath a towering Brachiosaurus, exploring the lab of genetic development, coming face to face with Velociraptor Blue, and even get a rare up-close look at the most vicious dinosaur of them all, the Tyrannosaurus rex. Guests will also be able to interact with baby dinosaurs, discover and engage with actual fossilised dinosaur bones. 📍 Battersea Power Station 💰 From £147.50 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages (though it has intense moments) 🎟️ Book via feverup.com Paradox Museum Photo: Paradox Museum Located just over the road from Harrods in Knightsbridge, Paradox Museum London invites families into a surreal playground of optical illusions and interactive rooms built to test their perceptions and spark creativity. With over 50 installations on offer, which have all been designed to blend science with imagination, it’s a tactile and highly-Instagrammable experience that's suitable for all ages and sure to delight kids. Some of the museum's most popular exhibits include Zero Gravity, which gives the illusion of floating in space, the Paradox Sofa, where guests legs and torso appear to be split in two, the Camouflage Room, and an upside-down version of a London Underground platform, in which it looks like guests are hanging from platform signs. For the summer, Paradox Museum is getting a Tropical Paradise makeover, which will see the museum be transformed into a summer haven, complete with themed exhibits, neon decorations, exotic plants and birds, colourful summer updates to key rooms like the Infinite Cosmos and Park Room, new photo moments in a beach-themed entrance and a 3D optical illusion swimming pool in the main event area. On top of all this, there's also a new Passport Safari Game, offering kids the chance to take part in a hands-on, scavenger-style adventure. Young explorers can follow the clues, complete the stamps, and solve playful puzzles as they navigate the museum’s most mind-bending rooms. The game will be available as an optional add-on for all visits throughout the summer. Photos: Paradox Museum The Paradox Museum is an innovative venue that combines the world of science, art and human perception. With over 50 amazing, paradox-inspired exhibits, Paradox Museum offers more mind-twisting, eye-tricking experiences than any other edutainment destination in the world! On this self-guided experience, you will learn everything about the exciting science behind paradoxes, have a ton of fun and take photos so spectacular that your friends will not believe they’re real. 📍 Knightsbridge 💰 From £80.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via feverup.com Race Across The World: The Experience Image: Race Across The World - The Experience Race Across The World: The Experience, based on the hit BBC series, is the latest city-wide treasure hunt experience from CityDays . While the TV series this experience is based on has competitors racing for 50-plus days across multiple countries with little more than a map, a GPS tracker, and several thousand pounds to pay for travel, lodging, and food, this new London-based race runs anywhere from 2 to 4 hours and sees those taking part cover roughly 5km on foot through Central London. Staples of the BBC series - including budget management and navigating without a map - have been carried over and make up the core experience, which feels like the closest adaptation of the TV series possible without requiring a passport or more than an afternoon of your time. The fast-paced format and sense of discovery built into Race Across The World: The Experience keeps kids engaged throughout, and the focus placed on looking at the city in a different way means they're interacting with the streets and sights of London with a (hopefully) more considered view. Small details that you'd otherwise walk past without giving a second thought need to be studied, quiet backstreets and passageways that you never knew existed need to be explored, and with the clock ticking the entire time, there's a real sense of urgency throughout. Photo: Race Across The World: The Experience This high-stakes experience will offer players the chance to live out their Race Across the World dreams by navigating the streets of London, working as a team, outwitting their competitors, and unlocking hidden secrets of the city in an unforgettable race to the finish line! Just like in the show, Race Across The World: The Experience requires strategy, teamwork, and quick thinking, as players will be given a budget to manage as they race through the city. This budget can be spent on valuable clues to help navigate the next leg of the journey, giving players the freedom to decide how daring they want to be.  It's a high-stakes race against the clock, where every decision counts and influences the race, but beware, each clue comes at a cost. Players will be scored based on their time and how much budget they have left, with their final score ranked on a live leaderboard throughout the day and week.  📍 Liverpool Street 💰 From £130.00 (Family of 4) 🧒 Suitable for all ages 🎟️ Book via feverup.com For more on London's best immersive shows (both family-friendly and not), check out our Current/Upcoming Listings  page.

Photo: Cleopatra: The Experience This March,  Cleopatra: The Experience  will make its UK debut and open its doors at Immerse LDN, Excel London Waterfront, for a strictly limited 15-week run. Covering 3,000 square metres and featuring nine interactive galleries, this unique experience takes visitors on a captivating journey through Ancient Egypt as they discover the reign of Cleopatra, her story and the legacy she left behind.   Developed in collaboration with historical curators and Egyptologists, and endorsed by British Cleopatra expert, Dr Chris Naunton, the exhibition uses the latest projection technology to bring the world of Cleopatra to life, with a whole new level of creativity, immersive storytelling and engagement. Photo: Cleopatra: The Experience Entering through the setting sun - a symbolic representation of the end of Ancient Egypt with Cleopatra as its final queen - visitors will relive the full story of the Ptolemaic Dynasty through an educational hologram presentation. From the arrival of Alexander the Great and the founding of the dynasty to the final days of Ancient Egypt, the exhibition showcases the complete historical arc of the Ptolemies, providing essential context to the life, reign, and legacy of Queen Cleopatra. The experience continues with a walk through history in the free-roaming Metaverse space. Here, visitors will put on their Alternate Reality goggles and explore the catacombs of Alexandria, get up close to Alexander the Great’s coronation at the Siwa Oasis and step inside Mark Antony’s tent during the Battle of Actium, before entering Cleopatra’s royal chamber to witness her gazing out over the Bay of Alexandria and the Lighthouse. Photo: Cleopatra: The Experience In addition to groundbreaking technology, the experience will also showcase a curated selection of over 22 original artefacts from the Hellenistic and Late Egyptian periods. Presented in collaboration with the Felix Cervera Archaeology Gallery in Barcelona, the collection includes terracotta sculptures, bronze deity figures such as Isis and Osiris, glass mosaic fragments, cosmetic vessels, and a previously unpublished group of demotic papyri. Visitors will then enter Cleopatra’s private chamber: a space inspired by the royal palaces and designed to evoke the grandeur of Cleopatra’s world. Stand before her interactive mirrors and watch as Cleopatra comes to life, unveiling the secrets behind her allure, iconic makeup, hairstyles and the symbolism that they held in Ancient Egypt. From there, discover the fascinating city of Alexandria with its historic buildings displayed on a vast interactive map. The experience is enhanced with 5D sensory elements, including atmospheric scents, and culminates in a spectacular video-mapping and sound show projected onto a five-metre-tall recreation of the Lighthouse of Alexandria - one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Photo: Cleopatra: The Experience The penultimate gallery places visitors into a vast 360-degree, 8-metre-high cinematic video mapping room, where the latest advancements in projection mapping allow visitors to soar over the city of Alexandria and witness the queen’s coronation before entering the enigmatic Temple of Isis and pass through the Library of Alexandria before reliving Cleopatra’s alliance with Julius Ceasar, her love story with Mark Antony and finally, the epic final Battle of Actium which sealed her fate. The 90-minute+ exhibition concludes with a full-motion seated Virtual Reality experience, allowing visitors to experience the earthquake and catastrophe that sank Alexandria under the sea, followed by the search for Cleopatra’s tomb. Explore submerged ruins, forgotten temples and sphinxes before entering the Temple of Isis to witness Cleopatra’s burial ritual. Photo: Cleopatra: The Experience   Educational and exhilarating in equal measure, Cleopatra: The Experience sets a new benchmark for creative and technological storytelling. Designed with children, families, culture lovers, technology thrill-seekers and history enthusiasts in mind, it’s certainly not to be missed.   Dr Chris Naunton, British Egyptologist, writer and broadcaster, and official ambassador for Cleopatra: The Experience, comments: Cleopatra is one of the most well-known characters from the ancient world, and there is no question that she became pharaoh at a very difficult moment for Egypt, but managed to survive despite multiple threats. This new exhibition does a superb job of presenting the archaeological and historical evidence in a way that transports the visitor to the Egypt of Cleopatra’s time. It tells the story of her life and legacy in such a way that you feel as though you are living it with her. As an Egyptologist, I believe it’s vitally important that we reach new audiences and use technology and experiences that people are familiar with, giving us the chance to inspire and engage many thousands of new people. I am very proud to be the official ambassador and spokesperson for Cleopatra: The Experience. Cleopatra: The Experience will run at Immerse LDN near Customs House station from 26th March 2026. Tickets are priced from £25.00 for adults and £20.00 for children. To learn more and sign up for the waitlist, visit cleopatraexperience.co.uk .

The Great Undoing spells the end of Phantom Peak as we know it in this shortened final season at their Canada Water home. Photo: Alistair Veryard If the recent final episode of Stranger Things has reminded us of anything, it's that wrapping up a long-running story in a satisfying way is a lot easier said than done. Whether it's down to unrealistically high expectations from fans, too many narrative threads to tie up, or just good old-fashioned bad writing, the odds of sticking the landing and delivering a satisfying conclusion that's adored by fans are low. Time and time again, history seems to repeat itself, with series like LOST, Dexter and Game of Thrones all ending in similar circumstances. For Phantom Peak (the closest thing the immersive world has to a long-running episodic series), the time has come for it to conclude this sixteen-season-long chapter in its sprawling ongoing narrative. With Phantom Peak's all-seeing leader, Jonas, ready to enact his plan to rebuild the town from scratch in his own image, the stakes have never been higher for both fans and the town's residents. So how does it stack up against its televisual counterparts? With The Great Undoing, Phantom Peak offers up a conclusion to its time in Canada Water that stands comfortably alongside the show's strongest seasons. It's no secret that the show's approach to storytelling has always been ambitious and self-assured, with it constantly reinventing itself season after season, but to see the show's writing team bring three-and-a-half years' worth of stories to a close with such confidence still feels miraculous. It's the culmination of everything Phantom Peak has been working towards since the beginning. While many of the show's biggest mysteries remain unanswered for the time being - no doubt waiting to be explored once Phantom Peak's move to Westfield Stratford City is complete - the show's assured continuation never undermines the impact of this final chapter. It’s heartfelt, humorous, and often, hugely emotional. Photo: Alistair Veryard Bringing a story this large to a close while still catering to new and first-time visitors means that structurally, The Great Undoing works a little differently from past seasons of Phantom Peak. For the first time, the bulk of this season's content has been carried over from a previous season, with seven of Wintermas' trail line-up sticking around for a little longer than we initially thought. They've been tweaked in places to account for changes around the town - not least the departure of Phantom Peak's festive demi-god Father Platmas - but as ever, they offer just as many pop culture references and unexpected twists as audiences have come to expect. (You can read our full five-star review of 2025's Wintermas season here ). The remaining four spots on the JonAssist are all taken up by Great Undoing-focused storylines that serve as the true 'final season' of the show's Canada Water run. While they don't shy away from embracing Phantom Peak's signature style of humour, they also deliver several moments of real sincerity, which, for long-time fans of the show, will hit them like a tonne of bricks. Photo: Alistair Veryard There’s no such thing as a ‘main character’ in Phantom Peak, but this season’s collection of new trails places a deliberate focus on a select few. ‘Access Denied’ revolves around the ever-vexed Dr Winter (Daniel Pirie), who has played a pivotal role in JONACO’s rise to power over the course of the show. Typically, they're two steps ahead of everyone else in town, but this season finds them on the back foot as they grapple with a last-minute betrayal from on high that threatens their safety. In ‘Back to the Furbish’, the perennially disliked Mayor Pocket (Mandi Harkett), who's only just made it back into JONACO's good books after having their mayorship removed at the start of Wintermas, has one final chance to defy expectations and act in the town’s best interest thanks to some collusion between the puppetized Dr Furbish and Madame Mechanica, a fortune-telling robot who's been largely absent since the early days of Phantom Peak. ‘My Dinner with Jonas’ sees Cogwright (Margot Victoria Cadic), the one-time Jonagraph Operator and resident tinkerer, return to town at the eleventh hour, only to play right into Jonas' hands inadvertently, and ‘Homeward Bound’ chronicles the fallout of bar owner-turned-lawyer Giffard (Tom Shah) having gone against JONACO and secretly harboured their fugitive father, Dr Furbish, in recent seasons. While all four of these trails explore different aspects of the town's final hours, the common thread that runs through them all is that the actions of the townsfolk over the past sixteen seasons have had consequences. For better or worse, they're all now paying the price. While there's comfort for the audience in helping them achieve small victories ahead of the town's destruction, Jonas set out to build a perfect town full of perfect people. The characters that inhabit the town have often been anything but. Photo: Alistair Veryard The inevitability of the town's demise has been signposted for some time now, but it hasn't stopped regular visitors from growing hugely attached to its inhabitants. While much of this is down to Phantom Peak's wonderfully talented cast, who have all embodied the show's characters with a huge amount of personality and warmth from its very first performance, the staggering number of storylines on offer since the show first opened its doors back in 2022 has also played a key part. Completing every trail from the show's opening season to today would take over 150 hours - a figure that's frankly tough to get your head around. Only a small percentage of visitors will have completed every single trail, but many people aren't far off, and even casual repeat visitors have likely spent over a dozen hours interacting one-on-one with the town's characters and seen their struggles and triumphs unfold over the course of several years. It's this long-term relationship between the audience and Phantom Peak's population that makes its impending demise all the more impactful and the stakes that much higher. From the outset of The Great Undoing, it's made clear that the townsfolk's fates are anything but guaranteed. If Jonas has anything to do with it, these final interactions with some of them may well be our last. Photo: Alistair Veryard Given the unease simmering through the town ahead of The Great Undoing, it’s no surprise that the closing ceremony strikes an emotional chord. While previous closing ceremonies have indulged in everything from conga lines and snowfall to nativity plays and full-blown dance routines, this season's conclusion is a more understated affair and revolves around each character getting a final moment in the spotlight before stepping into the unknown. It’s a farewell that honours not only the town and its residents but the audience’s sustained investment in the world. Photo: Alistair Veryard Phantom Peak may have been a failure in Jonas' eyes, but for the rest of us, that couldn't be further from the truth. From the opening trails of Season 1 to the final moments of The Great Undoing's closing ceremony, Phantom Peak's time in Canada Water has proven itself to be an outstanding piece of long-form immersive storytelling. Ambitious, hilarious, and profoundly human (despite the numerous puppets and talking animals), the show's world has been somewhere where every interaction has mattered, a passionate community of devoted fans has formed, and most importantly, a long-lasting, meaningful connection between the audience and the story has been made. Those who have spent their evenings and weekends following the trials and tribulations of Phantom Peak's townsfolk over the last sixteen seasons have been rewarded with an experience that's truly second to none. In an industry full of shows that often disappear as quickly as they arrive, Phantom Peak's longevity has allowed it to do incredible things. The Great Undoing should be considered an essential visit this February. It's the final chance to experience London's best immersive show in its original form, and we doubt there will ever be anything quite like it ever again. ★★★★★ Phantom Peak's The Great Undoing runs until 28th February 2026 in Canada Water. The show will reopen later this year at Westfield Stratford City. To find out more about The Great Undoing and to book tickets, visit phantompeak.com

Some of the world’s most innovative and ambitious artworks will go on show at the Wales Millennium Centre as part of the first-ever Annwn Prize exhibition, running from 27th May to 26th June 2026.   The first global award celebrating excellence in immersive storytelling, the Annwn Prize’s inaugural shortlist features four groundbreaking works from France, Greece, the UK and the USA, each pushing the boundaries of how stories can be experienced.   Chosen by a panel of international curators and commentators, the works on display invite audiences to explore four incredibly varied experiences through   augmented reality, branching film, expanded cinema and interactive theatrical installation. Commended for their bold originality, emotional depth and innovative use of technology, the four shortlisted works are:   Colored / Noire by Novaya Visitors equipped with augmented reality headsets and bone-conduction audio systems are transported to 1950s Alabama, at the heart of the civil rights struggle. The experience allows participants to relive, as if they were there, the courageous act of 15-year-old Claudette Colvin, who, nine months before Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat on a bus.   Consensus Gentium by Karen Palmer Audiences are immersed in a near-future society where freedoms erode under biased AI and surveillance. As the protagonist, participants navigate a government Global Citizen App to visit their sick Nana whilst subjected to tests that measure compliance or dissent. Using facial detection and AI, the film reads users’ expressions and decisions in real time, creating a unique, personalised journey.   Constantinopoliad by Sister Sylvester An expanded cinema work that gathers its audience for an act of collective reading. A response to the archive of the poet Constantine Cavafy, the work is inspired by the blank and torn out pages in “Constantinopoliad, an epic”, the journal the teenage Cavafy began when he and his family fled Alexandria. A journey through lost and missing archives over time, and the ghosts, both erotic and historical, that visit the older Cavafy in his poems.      NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) by Andrew Schneider An interactive theatrical installation where the audience steps into total darkness and becomes the centre of a shifting constellation. Guided by an unseen narrator, participants journey from complete sensory deprivation into a precisely programmed matrix of nearly 4,000 reactive LED lights and a 496-channel soundscape. Part meditation, part exploration, the work draws visitors into a hyper-focus of the present, tracing every decision they have made leading them to that precise moment.   The winner of the Annwn Prize 2026 will be selected at the exhibition by an independent panel of industry experts and well-known faces and announced on Sunday, 14th June 2026. The Prize, launched by Wales Millennium Centre and produced with Crossover Labs, will be awarded to the best example of compelling storytelling and immersive artistry.   Graeme Farrow , chief creative and content officer at Wales Millennium Centre, said: The Annwn Prize was established to celebrate the very best in immersive storytelling and to provide a platform for trailblazing artists to reach new audiences. By bringing the shortlisted works to Wales Millennium Centre, that's exactly what we’re doing. These extraordinary works showcase how this developing artform can resonate with us in new and powerful ways. We can't wait for audiences to explore and experience these works here this spring. By bringing these award-winning works and artists to Wales Millennium Centre, the exhibition presents a major moment in the global arts calendar. Audiences will have the opportunity to experience Thea Award-winning Colored / Noire (Novaya), SXSW XR Experience winner Consensus Gentium (Karen Palmer), winner of the INTER:ACTIVE Award at CPH:DOX 2025 Constantinopoliad (Sister Sylvester) and NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) from OBIE award-winning Andrew Schneider altogether.   Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Friday. 6th February 2026. Each experience lasts up to an hour and, when booking all four together, tickets are valid for a whole month - perfect for a day out or spreading the experience across several visits. Between shows, visitors will also be able to explore the dedicated onsite Annwn Prize Zone to discover more about the programme and to connect with fellow visitors and share their experience.   Supported by Peter and Janet Swinburn, the winning artist or studio will be awarded £20,000 along with a bespoke residency to support the development of new work.   Wales Millennium Centre is dedicated to exploring new ways of telling stories using immersive technology and celebrating creators working at the intersection of art and technology. In 2022, the centre launched Bocs, a dedicated space for immersive experiences and extended reality (XR), and in 2024, unveiled plans for a forthcoming, cutting-edge and digital-first performance venue as part of a continued commitment to the future of creativity in Wales. To find out more about The Annwn Prize, visit annwnprize.com . Tickets to experience the shortlisted work can be booked via wmc.org.uk .

Photo: Vikings: The Immersive Experience This March,  Vikings: The Immersive Experience , a revolutionary new immersive, educational and historical exhibition that goes beyond the battlefield and Vikings TV shows, will open at Dock X in Canada Water. The experience will give visitors an unprecedented deep dive into the lives of the Viking world’s most formidable family: King Ragnar Lodbrok, the wise Queen Kraka (Aslaug), and their world-conquering sons - Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Hvitserk, and Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye.   This cutting-edge experience blends state-of-the-art technology with immersive historical storytelling from an era full of courage, longing, and mystery. Visitors can explore Viking replicas within elaborate physical sets, including a full-size forest of discovery and a towering mythological Yggdrasil tree known as 'The Tree of Light' or 'World Tree'. The exhibition also features a VR experience, a mist-filled portal room, and a 360-degree video-mapped cinematic presentation, complete with a real-life Viking longship at the centre of the action.   Using cutting-edge high-resolution video mapping, this cinematic experience brings the story of Queen Kraka and King Ragnar to life, transporting visitors straight into 9th-century Scandinavia and the lands they once conquered. Photo: Vikings: The Immersive Experience Whilst many historical narratives focus solely on Ragnar Lodbrok’s daring raids on Paris and England, Vikings: The Immersive Experience shifts the spotlight to the vital role of Queen Kraka. Visitors will experience her extraordinary journey and mystical powers: from the hidden daughter of the dragon-slayer Sigurd and shield maiden Brynhildr, to a respected völva (seeress) whose intellect and strategic counsel were essential to Ragnar’s success.   Speaking on the experience, Mitch Sebastian, creative director of Vikings: The Immersive Experience, comments: Kraka was the bedrock of this dynasty. She wasn't just a queen; she was a prophet, a warrior, and a mother who shaped the future rulers of the North. Our exhibition aims to restore her to her rightful place at the centre of the Ragnar sagas. Photo: Vikings: The Immersive Experience The experience begins with an opening film sequence that transports visitors to 793AD, the year Scandinavian warriors famously raided the monastery of Lindisfarne on England’s north coast. From there, the exhibition unfolds into the vast 'Forest of Time', an immersive landscape where guests can wander among towering trees and forest fauna whilst discovering display boards detailing the daily life, rituals, and beliefs of these fearless Norsemen. An iconic feature of this experience is the beautiful and mythological 'Tree Of Light' also known as the 'World Tree of Yggdrasil', representing the centre of Norse mythology, connecting the heavens, the middle world and the underworld. Using VR, the beginning of the saga of Queen Aslaug unfolds, where she first meets her future husband Ragnar Lodbrok, as an unassuming peasant woman named Kraka. The Forest of Time room contains several Viking replica cases, interactive touch screens tablets that show the conquest and history of the Viking raiders, a ’talking head portrait’ screen where any questions can be asked and answered, a knotting station where customers can try to tie a classic Viking Knot as well as a full audio guided tour explaining the fascinating history of these Norsemen and women.   Photo: Vikings: The Immersive Experience Next, visitors enter the 'Mist of Time', a fog-filled portal room designed to transport visitors into another dimension. Here, the centrepiece of the experience unfolds: a 30-minute immersive cinematic show featuring stunning projections, a sweeping musical score, and an atmospheric presentation that brings the story of Kraka and Ragnar vividly to life. At the heart of the room sits a magnificent Viking longship, which sometimes serves as seating for guests and at other times becomes part of the performance itself. Visitors embark on an epic journey of love, power, war, conquest, death and legacy, a soaring tale of courage, passion and destiny. During the video presentation, visitors will meet the Sons of Kraka, who each worked to fulfil her prophecies and avenge their father. Guests will stand virtually alongside the formidable brothers as they assemble the Great Heathen Army and sail to the shores of England and beyond.    Photo: Vikings: The Immersive Experience Netflix's Vikings series brought figures like Ragnar and Lagertha into the forefront of popular culture consciousness, depicting a world of fierce independence, exploration and conquest. Vikings: The Immersive Experience acknowledges this inspiration but deepens the understanding of historical facts presented in a multi-sensory experience that offers customers an insight into the core elements of Viking existence, showcasing a complex, agriculturally based but fiercely proud society.   Suitable for all generations, this experience will enthral history enthusiasts, fans of Norse mythology, school groups, fans of Netflix's Vikings, and families alike. Younger visitors have the opportunity to step into the ‘Junior VR’ adventure, witnessing the story of Queen Kraka unfold in an engaging and unforgettable way.   Photo: Vikings: The Immersive Experience Vikings: The Immersive Experience opens at Dock X in Canada Water on 12th March 2026. Tickets are priced from £23.00 for Adults and £19.00 for Children, and are on sale from 3rd February 2026. For more information and to book tickets, visit vikings-immersive.co.uk

Photo: Alistair Veryard Phantom Peak has been a mainstay of London's immersive landscape since first opening in August 2022. An open-world experience packed full of interesting characters, off-kilter technology and enough content every season to justify multiple visits, it's gained a cult following of fans, multiple awards, and most importantly of all, a string of eight consecutive 5-star reviews from Immersive Rumours. With the conclusion of their upcoming season, The Great Undoing, Phantom Peak's Canada Water home will be no more, as the experience prepares to relocate to a new site at Westfield Stratford City, which is due to open in Summer 2026. Ahead of The Great Undoing's opening, we sat down with Phantom Peak's Co-Founder and Creative Director, Nick Moran, to discuss the show's new Westfield Stratford City venue and what's in store for the townsfolk in Phantom Peak's final season at Canada Water. Immersive Rumours: Hi Nick! Thanks for speaking with us today. It’s a big week for Phantom Peak, with your new venue in Westfield Stratford City having just been announced, and the final season at Canada Water - The Great Undoing - opening on Friday. How are you feeling going into this week? Nick Moran: Obviously, even though Phantom Peak is moving on to a bigger and better venue in an incredible location, closing a venue is always an emotional undertaking. It's been three and a half years of my life, and this is the final four weeks of this venue. A month from now, it’ll be done. I am, of course, billions of years old, and I'll be here when there is nothing left apart from dust, but even so, this small scratch upon my interminable existence does mean something to me in the grand scheme of things. Immersive Rumours: Phantom Peak’s move to the new site has been in the works for a while now. Why does Westfield Stratford City feel like the right fit for the show? Nick Moran:  It’s the busiest shopping mall in Europe and has over 58 million visitors a year, which is an incredible number. Westfield Stratford doesn’t just work with anyone, and the great thing about them is that they're not just a faceless landowner. The team there came to Phantom Peak; they love the show, understand what Phantom Peak is and how exciting it is to have something like it within the walls of their mall, so it's a natural partnership. They’re also just great, great guys who’ve been really helpful and generous to us. We’re not just another thing for them; we’re something they’re personally excited about, and the people involved at Westfield Stratford want us to flourish and be somewhere that we can be with for years to come. Image: Phantom Peak/Tandem Set and Scenery Immersive Rumours: Westfield has made a real effort to make Stratford City into an experience hub in recent years. They’ve already got the likes of Gravity Max and F1 Box there, and of course, Westfield London in White City is soon going to become home to a new experience from Wake The Tiger. What do you think this says about where London’s experience industry is in 2026? Nick Moran: I think it's a recognition of how the sector is growing and maturing. For Wake The Tiger and Phantom Peak to be partnering with Westfield is a great signifier for the sector that we’re reaching maturity and reaching the mainstream. It’s a stamp of approval, and I think it shows that this is where the experience economy is moving. Leisure and retail aren’t separate anymore; they’re all intertwined. People want to go out, have fun, and then shop and eat. It’s all part of the same ecosystem of entertainment, and that’s what’s so exciting. With us, what I’m excited about is imprisoning people in a platypus town for four hours and making them have fun. Otherwise, I will kill them. [Nick looks over to Phantom Peak’s Head of Marketing, Jonathan Taylor] Nick Moran:  Jonathan demands that I threaten the audience three times during this interview. One down, two to go... Immersive Rumours: Alongside the announcement, you’ve shared a number of renders showing off the designs for the new Phantom Peak. Anyone already familiar with the Canada Water site will look at it and still recognise it as the same town, but structurally it’s a complete redesign. Nick Moran:  Yeah. It’s a complete redesign. In the current Phantom Peak venue, we only have the Old Town and the New Town. In the new Westfield Stratford venue, we’re going to have Old Town, New Town and Blacklake, which is the new lakeside area.  Every component that you love and expect is there. Nothing is gone, but everything is better. That’s the goal. For example, there’s going to be a large Church of the Cosmic Platypus. That’s something we always wanted but couldn’t do in the Canada Water site. People love the Miramaze. I don’t know why, but people love it. Therefore, there’s going to be a Miramaze that’s twice the size. Not many people get the privilege of having a second go to get it all right. This is what we want the town to be, and it’s built around what we’ve learnt works, all of our learning from things that didn’t work, and these are the things we want to double down on.  We want to have more exploration, more spaces, more verticality, and more of a sense of wonder and discovery. All these things are being put together, all under one roof. That’s one of the key things we’re getting to do that’s really exciting. We’re getting to fix all the little things and build on the big things we know people love as well. It’s the opportunity to build on every single thing that we’ve seen people fall in love with and make it better. It’s been an opportunity to ask ourselves, ‘How do we take what we’ve learnt over the last four years and turn that into the best experience an experiential customer could have anywhere in the world?’ We want to be world-class and make sure no stone is left unturned. Image: Phantom Peak/Tandem Set and Scenery Immersive Rumours: With all this change, people will be relieved to hear that the show’s ongoing storyline is going to continue at Westfield Stratford City and that the core experience of Phantom Peak will remain the same, right? Nick Moran: Yeah. The move isn’t going to alter much. Perhaps the closing ceremony will shift times here and there, and opening times might change a little, but it’ll all be minor tweaking at the edges. It’ll be 99.9% the same experience. The goal is to take what works and build on it, rather than fundamentally changing the experience. Immersive Rumours: One new element that you’ll be building on is the addition of a bar that’s open to the public 7 days a week. How do you anticipate having that new gateway into the show’s world will play out? Nick Moran: Being able to have an experiential bar area open seven days a week is a chance for the average person to come and get a sense of what it is and maybe think about coming down when they've got the gang or their family together. Often, people say that they really like the idea of Phantom Peak, but they want to get a taste of it before coming. The experiential bar elements of the new site are going to be the equivalent of a tiny piece of paper with the perfume on in an upmarket department store. It's going to be still within the world of Phantom Peak and have the same feel and vibe as the full experience, but it allows people to get a little taster, and for those who love the show and want to be in the world of Phantom Peak and meet their mates for a drink, it lets them be a part of that world every day of the week. They don’t have to be at a show; they can dip into the world at their own leisure. It's about extending the world of Phantom Peak, allowing more people to sample it, and at the same time, creating extensions of the world for the people who love it already. Image: Phantom Peak/Tandem Set and Scenery Immersive Rumours: We’re also getting a new three-tier VIP experience at the new venue. What can you tell us about that? Nick Moran: Yeah. One of the things you can see in some of the concept images is the train carriage by the Town Square. This’ll be the VIP way of arriving at Phantom Peak. It’ll be an experience that’s led by Rexford and allows you to experience entering the town via train in a different way from everyone else. It’s a mix of being a fun activity and also a cocktail experience at the same time. Previously, we’ve flirted with the idea of VIP experiences, but never really done it properly. We couldn’t make a really good VIP experience at the current Phantom Peak, apart from it just being getting a drink on arrival, and we wanted to make sure that it wasn’t something we were just slapping on top and calling a ‘VIP experience’. We wanted to do something measurable, worthwhile, different and ultimately better. It should feel experiential, exciting and unique, and arriving into Phantom Peak by train, I think, is something that’s really exciting. There’s also going to be different classes on board the train, too. We’re going to have First Class, Second Class, and you can also book in Postal Class, where you’re technically just a package. It’s also your choice on how you book it, but it’s something that genuinely offers people value, makes people feel welcome, and makes them feel like an important person. Or a very important package if you’re post. The ‘P’ can be many things.. Image: Phantom Peak/Tandem Set and Scenery Immersive Rumours: When The Great Undoing was first teased, many seasons ago, there was some worry from fans of Phantom Peak that it may have signalled the end of the show. With this move to Westfield Stratford, it seems like a pretty clear signal that the opposite is happening and Phantom Peak is here to stay. Nick Moran: The only way Phantom Peak stops is if I die, and I can’t die; therefore, it’ll continue. It’ll still be here when you die, four seasons a year, forever. Immersive Rumours: It’s upsetting to know that the show will outlive me, as there will be new trail cards that I won’t have.. Nick Moran:  But yes, this is a long-term lease. It’s a permanent home for us. Phantom Peak grew about 20% in attendance last year, which, in this economy, is pretty incredible. We expect to keep growing, keep attracting new customers, keep bringing more people into the world of Phantom Peak who feel a part of it, and keep people coming back. The goal is for a Phantom Peak life cycle to be a decade with 10 years of stories. We could continue forever; there’s nothing to stop us carrying on, but I think 10 years is really the thought right now. Part of the reason we’ve searched so long for a permanent home, somewhere that we feel can support us for years to come - and we believe we’ve found that home in Westfield Stratford City -  is because we believe in the future. We believe in the experience economy, we believe in location-based entertainment, and we believe in immersive and experiential entertainment. We believe that’s what people want to spend their money on, and that Phantom Peak is the best value ticket in London. We’re proud of that, and we want to keep growing and offering people a lovely time, because that’s what the privilege of the job is. Being able to do something that makes people happy is a privilege, not a right. Photo: Alistair Veryard Immersive Rumours: Ahead of the new venue opening, of course, we’ve got The Great Undoing, the final season at Canada Water. Can you walk us through how this season is going to work and how it differs from a regular, full-length season? Nick Moran:  Yeah. The Great Undoing is slightly different from a normal season because, unfortunately, we have a little bit less time than we would like, so it’s a season within a season. We’ve got four new trails alongside seven trails from Wintermas that are being smashed together. Each of those four trails is specifically about The Great Undoing, which is the end of Phantom Peak as people know it. It ties up quite a lot of things that have been going on for quite a while and offers, we think, quite a satisfying conclusion, but non-conclusion to where we've gotten to. We’re proud of what those stories tell and what those stories are about. For all of the things that have been teased for a long time, including the various characters who have come back, we’re really drawing a line under this venue that’s neat and satisfying and offers a lot of comfort to the fans. It’s easy to think of Phantom Peak as just a series of stories and gags, but in my mind, because these characters have existed long before the show did, they're all individual people with lives, and it’s about trying to give them the send-off they deserve just as much as anything else.  No matter what happens in the future within the next venue and beyond, it’s about everyone feeling like we respected the amount of love given to those 15 characters across the last few years, and everyone has their earned moment, even if it’s short, in the sun. It’s a very bittersweet feeling, and something we have struggled to articulate, but I think we’ve got the balance right between joy and sentimentality within the closing ceremony and allowed the trails to have room to breathe and be stories that’ll make people think, ‘I feel like that was meaningful.’ Photo: Alistair Veryard Immersive Rumours: One final question for you, Nick... The new venue in Stratford is going to have a boat ride, right? Nick Moran:  Yes. It’s going to have six. Immersive Rumours: Six boat rides?! Wowadoozle. Nick Moran: And what's amazing is they’re vertical boat rides. It's technology that no one has ever seen. There's a massive waterfall in the centre of town, and the boats go along, and then they ratchet onto the waterfalls - there’s a series of cogs and mechanisms built into it - and people get taken up. The whole time, there are four different speakers on every side of the boat, and there's just the sound of me screaming as loud as I can the whole time. It's a volume that’s unsafe, like genuinely unsafe. I got the EU to tell me what the safe standards were and then added 11 decibels, which is a lot of decibels. It's going to be an extremely upsetting, horrific time, and I hope we sell no tickets. [Editor’s Note: Phantom Peak has no plans for a boat ride] Photo: Alistair Veryard Phantom Peak's The Great Undoing runs at their Canada Water venue from 30th January to 28th February 2026. Their new venue in Westfield Stratford City will open in Summer 2026. For more information and to book tickets for The Great Undoing, visit phantompeak.com